Faculty Win Norman Hackerman (ARP) Awards

Previously called the Advanced Research Program (ARP) sponsored by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program is a competitive peer-reviewed grant program created in 1987 by the 70th Texas Legislature. The purpose of theprogram is to encourage and provide support to faculty members and students in Texasinstitutions of higher education, both public and independent,to conduct basic research.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 2009 Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Project Awards:

Analysis of Neuronal-Network Enhancement Using Microscale Chemical Gradients $188,917 The University of Texas at Austin Jason Shear, Richard Morrisett Block Copolymers with Active Components: Towards the Development of Novel Organic Photovoltaics $159,088 The University of Texas at Austin Bradley Holliday, David Vanden Bout $39,772 Texas State University - San Marcos Jennifer Irvin Byproduct-Free Conversion of Renewable Alcohols to Commodity Chemicals: Green Chemistry $69,601 The University of Texas at Austin Michael Krische Discovery of Novel Antagonists for Blocking Viral Protein Interactions $99,430 The University of Texas at Austin Stephen Martin $99,430 UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Jian Kuang

Understanding Energy Storage and Transport in Well-defined, Nanoscopic Domains $198,860 The University of Texas at Austin Richard Crooks, Keith Stevenson Micro Cooling Systems with Variable Wettability Based on Thermo-Activated Nano Polymeric Coatings
$197,220 The University of Texas at Austin Alexandre da Silva, Cristopher Bielawski, Carlos Hidrovo Chavez